If you guys start Pryor all year you definately are a lock for the #1 pick. I'm under the assumption that anyone dumb enough to act like he "won" a QB battle and then let him play for 16 games should be fired. If all you had to do was be big, fast, and have a huge arm to play QB people would have been doing it a lot longer. Pryor hasn't developed as a QB 1 bit since he was 19 and sadly if he wasn't wasting his time developing as a QB all these years he'd probably be a really nice hybrid WR/TE and a great red zone weapon.

Raiders would be a lock with Pryor at the helm just like with Geno Smith at the helm.

I don't understand how the Raiders' QB situation was much better than yours before this news. I mean, Carson Palmer sucking up $15+ million in cap space? That's basically just as bad as starting Terrelle Pryor.

I don't understand how the Raiders' QB situation was much better than yours before this news. I mean, Carson Palmer sucking up $15+ million in cap space? That's basically just as bad as starting Terrelle Pryor.

Because Carson Palmer could throw more than 30 yds down the field....through the air.

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"I wasn't going to lose to Miami, no matter what," Freeman said. "It means a lot to go out there and beat them. Every time I get a chance, I want to destroy them."

I'm enjoying Sebastian Vollmer's new contract pending whatever the incentives end up being. Four years, $17 million, a little over $8 million in guarantees, another $10 million in incentives related to playing time, etc.

I'm enjoying Sebastian Vollmer's new contract pending whatever the incentives end up being. Four years, $17 million, a little over $8 million in guarantees, another $10 million in incentives related to playing time, etc.

That is an amazing deal. It's hard to fathom that there wasn't an NFL team out there willing to blow that offer out of the water. For a top 5 RT and someone who has enough foot speed and length to play LT he should have been able to get a lot more.

I'm enjoying Sebastian Vollmer's new contract pending whatever the incentives end up being. Four years, $17 million, a little over $8 million in guarantees, another $10 million in incentives related to playing time, etc.

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"I wasn't going to lose to Miami, no matter what," Freeman said. "It means a lot to go out there and beat them. Every time I get a chance, I want to destroy them."

For some reason, there didn't seem to be any sort of market for Vollmer. I think most people just figured it was a foregone conclusion that he would re-sign with New England, or had some concerns about his durability.

Bears re-signed Jon Scott, one of the worst tackles in the league last season. ******* yay. Much better to have someone who's proven to be terrible rather than one of the many "meh, he's an ok stopgap" types that are still siting around in free agency that can be had for the same price, right?

Fire Phil Emery. ****** had a hand in ******* up the Chiefs and now he's ******* up the Bears. Stupid ******** ****. I ******* hate that stupid ****. Brilliant letting one of Scott Pioli's goddamned henchmen have his own team to ruin. One of the premier GM jobs in the NFL and it gets handed to a stupid **** who makes three facepalm moves for every good one. Awesome. Just like handing a new Mercedes to a 16 year old girl who's already been in three wrecks.

Yes, I mad. Very much so.

So....Jon Scott, a backup OT, is the move that set you over? Seems a little much. I realize you have problems with some other moves; I personally didn't like the Bushrod deal either, nor the Jeffery pick, but you're gonna look silly if Bushrod's 2012 turns out to have been an anomaly or if McClellin improves as a pass rusher (as I, personally, fully expect).

The thing with Emery, is that when he explains his logic, it's hard for me to question his thought process. He refers to PFF and other outside scouting services as tools he trusts, but he trusts his staff and his own eye first and foremost. He went into some pretty good detail explaining his draft picks and free agent signings. His whole mantra seems to be surrounding his franchise QB with playmakers, improving the OL in its current state without going overboard with $$$, and adding pass rushers and defensive backs on defense. He went into detail explaining his decision not to address the OL in last year's draft and it was just insanely....logical....to me. If he doesn't know how to build a team, he does a good job of hiding it during his press conferences.

But OTOH, I'm not going to act like he hasn't made some questionable moves. Like I said, I'm mostly with you on Bushrod. I don't put as much weight into readily available PFF numbers as you do, but they did pay far too much. The Forte deal was more than I would have paid for any RB, and in hindsight, even though the deal looked like good market value, year 1 was a huge disappointment. I'm still not sure how a creep like Trestman was able to impress him throughout the interview process, and my instinct is to dislike the move, but I have no way of knowing for sure until the season starts. When I look at the roster in place, I don't see why they can't win a Super Bowl this season. So while I'm not ecstatic, I don't see any reason to be quite as.....dramatic......as you're being. Yet.

Edit: Oh, and as for the comments about Pioli - come on, you know that's dumb. Pioli's problem was an insanely stupid commitment to terrible QB's. They drafted pretty well while Emery was there. Dimitroff is from the same tree and Emery, himself, has credited Dimitroff as a GM whose methods he admires. I would hardly say he's been been in three car wrecks.